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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE A PAIR OF MING-STYLE BLUE Provenance: according to family history,
‘LOTUS’ FISHBOWL AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ BOWLS which is supported by family records
18th/19th century Daoguang seal marks and of the period illustrating the progress of British troops in
Heavilly potted and well painted on the Each with deep rounded sides supported on Beijing at the time, this object was acquired
exterior in varying shades of blue with lotus a slightly tapered foot, painted in vibrant tones by a military attaché posted to Beijing at the
borne on densely scrolling leaves, between with two five-clawed dragons striding amidst time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was
lappets on the foot and a band of ruyi-heads wispy clouds, the interior with a medallion attached to the staff of Brigadier-General
on the shoulder, below a diaper-pattern band enclosing a dragon. A.Gaselee, the commander of the British
and classic-scroll band on the flat rim. Each 14.6cm (5 3/4in) diam. (2). contingent.
53.5cm (21in) diam.
£4,000 - 7,000 來源：據家族歷史記錄，1900年義和團運動
期間，藏家作為英國准將阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯
£6,000 - 8,000 CNY35,000 - 61,000 利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。
CNY53,000 - 70,000
清道光 青花雲龍紋盌一對 Compare with a very similar pair of blue and
十八/十九世紀 青花纏枝蓮紋大缸 青花「大清道光年製」篆書款 white ‘dragon’ bowls, Daoguang seal mark
and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby’s
Hong Kong, 29 November 2018, lot 413.

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